The Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino (Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB) is a public research university in San Bernardino, California. Founded in 1965, it is one of the 23 general campuses of the California State University system. The m ...
. The athletic department was established in 1984 and the school's athletic mascot is the Coyote. The school's official colors are blue and black.
The Coyotes play in the
California Collegiate Athletic Association
The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon U ...
(CCAA) in the
NCAA's Division II.
Sports sponsored
The athletic department offers baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's indoor and outdoor track and field and women's volleyball. The athletic department also sponsors the Coyote Spirit Squad.
Championships
Since 1984, the Coyotes have won one team and one individual national championship. In 2019 the Women's Volleyball team became only the third school in NCAA Division II history to go undefeated on its way to winning the national championship. CSUSB has also won many local and regional championships and regularly finish high up in national tournaments. The men's soccer team went to the
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...
national semifinals in 1987 and captured the university's first
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
California Collegiate Athletic Association
The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon U ...
title in 1991. In 1997, Scott Householder grabbed the university's first individual national championship with a 273 for 72 holes, a record that still stands. Men's golf has finished third in the national tournament three times in its history.
The men's baseball team took West Region titles in 1990 and 1991. The men's basketball team has won three West Region titles, eight
CCAA championships, and has made one appearance in the
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
national semifinals.
The CSUSB women's volleyball team has won 14
CCAA and 8 West Region titles, has gone to the
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
quarter finals in 2017,semifinals three times, in 2003, in 2008, when it advanced to the finals, 2009, 2011 and 2019 when it won the final.
Appearances
The CSU San Bernardino Coyotes competed in the NCAA Tournament across 7 active sports (3 men's and 4 women's) 55 times at the Division II level.
* Men's basketball (13): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
* Women's basketball (5): 1994, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2011
* Men's golf (9): 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
* Men's soccer (3): 1991, 2009, 2010
* Women's soccer (2): 2003, 2013
* Softball (4): 2008, 2011, 2017, 2018
* Women's volleyball (18): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Individual
CSU San Bernardino had 1 Coyote win an NCAA championship at the Division II level.
Athletic facilities
The men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball teams play in the James & Aerianthi
Coussoulis Arena
James and Aerianthi Coussoulis Arena or Coussoulis Arena is a 4,140-seat multi-purpose arena in San Bernardino, California, United States, on the campus of California State University, San Bernardino. It is named for James & Aerianthi Coussoulis.
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and the baseball team plays at
Fiscalini Field
Fiscalini Field is a stadium in San Bernardino, California, USA. Over the years, the stadium was the spring training homes of the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles) and was the home field for the San Bernardin ...
.
References
External links
Official website
{{Inland Empire Sports
1984 establishments in California